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Sacred Steel Goes Secular
Sacred steel is one of America’s ultimate outsider musics. Most who… more »
Angels Flying From Heaven: Me…
Rev. Utah Smith was one of the first sacred guitarists to play the electr… more »
Shine Troubles Over: The Spir…
The lines between gospel and blues have always been blurry as heck (well,… more »
From the Vaults: Elder Charle…
It’s 1956. Dwight Eisenhower is president, the Cold War is raging a… more »
Preachin’ the Blues
“Yes, I’m gonna get me religion, I’m gonna join the Bap… more »
Mark Heard: Orphan of God
When one of my editors asked me to write a column on the talented singer,… more »
The Psychedelic Ranger: Adven…
Peyote is the Native American name for a small cactus with psychoactive p… more »
Moaning the Gospel Blues: Fol…
Instead of the so-called "Golden Record," they should have just sent the … more »
Eyes On The Prize: The Return…
The last thing I thought I'd be doing is jumping on the Don Imus band… more »
Rosie Thomas Wears Her Heart …
Seattle-based Rosie Thomas recently released a wonderful and delicate lit… more »
From the Vault: The Stuff Tha…
Few compilations are as deserving of a gorgeous R. Crumb cover image and … more »
If You Ain't Got Charity …
As I write this, my head is in a fog of confusion, doubt and great sadnes… more »
Bishop Perry Tillis
Even the most casual reader of this column will know that I'm obsesse… more »
Calvin, Rocketown and Blind M…
As you're very likely aware, eMusic celebrates independent record lab… more »
A Merry, Indie Christmas from…
Sufjan Stevens seems like a character out of a Wes Anderson movie. On the… more »
Interview: Jeremy Enigk
About ten years ago, when I first began to write about gospel, I was ofte… more »
The Delights of Sacred Steel
"Sacred steel" is the the electric lap and pedal steel guitar playing fou… more »
Didn't It Rain
She's only there for a few blinks of the eye, but there she is in the… more »
You Better Leave That Liar Al…
In 1926, the upstart Vocalion label released a record which, at least in … more »
The Trumpet of the Swan Silve…
I've put off writing a column on fabulous vocal quartet the Swan Silv… more »
Ragged But Right: American Pr…
Since its release in 1997, I've bought at least a dozen copies of the… more »
Holy Modal Rounder
The other day a friend who runs a very cool all-vinyl record shop in Nort… more »
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't…
Eight years ago, a reedy-voiced genius from Athens, GA, sang the words "I… more »
Gospel Folk Explosion!
My girlfriend just walked into my office to see if I'm alright. Seems… more »
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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal
By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor
As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »